O.K. jump right in, were back. Chaos starts right on leaving the airport, we love it. iPad out, does the rick-shaw driver understand the map I'm showing? Never fear we arrive and begin the hunt once again. Dark, hot dusty warehouses. Exploring wonderful galleries with a cold drink, meeting old friends and new. Always the [...]
Nyuang Shwe is the largest village on Inle lake in the Shan state of Myanmar. For many years we have been coming to to this remarkable place, enduring many a long dusty bus ride in the 'old' days. Today much has changed but the culture and spirit of the people remain mostly untouched. Our very good friends, our [...]
Myanmar, an amazing country. For many years we avoided the trains hearing that they were slowest of all means travel. Thus we were apprehensive of the thought of spending 22 hours or more on overnight journey to reach Myitkyina (pronounced Micheena) in the far north of the Kachin State and our destination, the Amber fields. [...]
